Seeds

Today's picture is of seeds. This has caused me to think on the seeds of inheritance. Mary was the natural mother of Jesus upon whom the Holy Spirit descended (see Luke 1:35). In Mathew we explicitly read, "She was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit". Joseph heard from Angel Gabriel and was willing to adopt baby Jesus, making Him an official descendent of his lineage which was of King David and Abraham. This fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies that the Messiah would be a direct descendant of King David and Abraham. Joseph chose to adopt Jesus and we can choose to be adopted by God. "For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear but you have received the spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, Abba Father." (Romans 8:15). Abba is equivalent to Daddy. 'Sons' refers to all of mankind. That is the relationship we can all have.